On May 11, I posted a video of Chris Rock advising American (especially African American) citizens on how not to get your ass kicked by the police. Tongue in cheek, I called it a public service announcement, even though I definitely do not consider this a laughing matter.

Yesterday, July 29, the Ron Paul Institute published an article written by John W. Whitehead (author of a recent book titled Battlefield America: The War on the American People) that clearly documents the dangers of navigating American streets these days.

With the government having shifted into a language of force, “we the people” have been reduced to suspects in a surveillance state, criminals in a police state, and enemy combatants in a military empire. – John W. Whitehead